Rites of Power
Subtitle: Symbolism, Ritual, and Politics Since the Middle Ages
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Published: October 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780812279481
Subjects: Political Theory; Political science & theory; Power (Social sciences); History; Symbolism in politics
First sentence: Like so many of the key ideas in Weber's sociology-versteben, legitimacy, inner-worldly asceticism, rationalization-the concept of charisma suffers from an uncertainty of referent: does it denote a cultural phenomenon or a psychological one?